VHS 2023 Terrace Edition

October 24th-28th at the tillicum twin theatres


Festival at a Glance

Schedule is subject to change. All Programs are 18+

VHS is partnering with Tillicum Twin Theatres in Terrace, BC for the inaugural Vancouver Horror Road Show! 5 feature films and 36 shorts from Canada and around the world.  Tickets go on sale August 1st and are available for purchase ONLY at the Tillicum Twin Theatres box office.

$10 for single tickets, or $75 for the entire festival.

  • 7 PM - Shorts Program I

    The Wheel | Consumer | In The Shadow Of God | Niyebe | Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes | Caregiver | Shadowban | Black Zombie Movie

    9:30 PM - Puppet Killer

  • 7 PM - Shorts Program II

    The Universe and You | Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath | Moment | Lethalogica | Shut | Dirty Sally | Crumbs | Taxidermy Tim

    9:30 PM - Follow Her

  • 7 PM - Shorts Program III

    Wall #4 | Miltown | Devoured | Boat Man. | The Well | Tranvia | Damned Supper | Dead End | Nun with a Chainsaw | The Last Christmas

    9:30 PM - The Breach

  • 7 PM - Shorts Program IV

    House After | The Mages of Rage and The Desecration of The House of Mimicry | Love You, Mama | The Trunk | On the Inside | How to Disappear

    9:30 PM - Everyone Will Burn

  • 7 PM - It Lives Inside

    9:30 PM - Costume Party

October 24

Shorts Program I

The Wheel (CAN) | Consumer (CAN) | In The Shadow Of God (CAN) | Bufflehead (UK) | Niyebe (CAN) | Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes (USA) | Caregiver (USA) | Shadowban (IRL) | Black Zombie Movie (USA)

The Wheel | Directed by Nikhil Bhagat - USA | A woman receives a Ferris wheel antique and is terrorized by an entity that takes her on a ride to hell.

The Wheel | Directed by Nikhil Bhagat - USA | A woman receives a Ferris wheel antique and is terrorized by an entity that takes her on a ride to hell.

Consumer | Directed by Stephanie Izsak - CAN | Tortured by toxic beauty standards, thirteen-year-old Rein discovers an unconventional and disturbing way to lose weight.

Consumer | Directed by Stephanie Izsak - CAN | Tortured by toxic beauty standards, thirteen-year-old Rein discovers an unconventional and disturbing way to lose weight.

In the Shadow of God | Directed Brian Sepanzyk - CAN | As a woman packs up her childhood home following the passing of her father, she comes to learn that there may have been a more sinister threat behind his death, long buried on the grounds of

In the Shadow of God | Directed Brian Sepanzyk - CAN | As a woman packs up her childhood home following the passing of her father, she comes to learn that there may have been a more sinister threat behind his death, long buried on the grounds of the family home.

Bufflehead | Directed by Steve Brett - UK | In a dystopian near future, a patient seeking medical treatment finds that support isn't as smooth as they might have expected.

Bufflehead | Directed by Steve Brett - UK | In a dystopian near future, a patient seeking medical treatment finds that support isn't as smooth as they might have expected.

Niyebe | Directed by Kevin Ang - CAN | A pregnant Filipina, her caregiver and her young step son try to survive a harrowing night in a snow storm. One of them keeps a horrifying secret derived from the depths of Philippine myth.

Niyebe | Directed by Kevin Ang - CAN | A pregnant Filipina, her caregiver and her young step son try to survive a harrowing night in a snow storm. One of them keeps a horrifying secret derived from the depths of Philippine myth.

Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes | Directed by Anthony Cousins - USA | The title says it all!

Every Time We Meet for Ice Cream Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes | Directed by Anthony Cousins - USA | The title says it all!

Caregiver | Directed by Rafael De Leon - USA | A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right.

Caregiver | Directed by Rafael De Leon - USA | A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right.

Shadowban | Directed by Shane W. Brennan - IRL | Late on Halloween night, Fiona waits on an abandoned road with only her phone for company, but the green light doesn’t come…

Shadowban | Directed by Shane W. Brennan - IRL | Late on Halloween night, Fiona waits on an abandoned road with only her phone for company, but the green light doesn’t come…

Black Zombie Movie | Directed by Choni Francis - USA | "It's always good in the hood, just not today."

Black Zombie Movie | Directed by Choni Francis - USA | "It's always good in the hood, just not today."

October 24

Puppet Killer - 9:30 PM

CAN- 1 hr 23 min

Directed by Lisa Ovies
Starring Aleks Paunovich and Richard Harmon

While celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.

October 25

Shorts Program II

The Universe and You (USA)| Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath (USA) | Moment (CAN) | Lethalogica (USA) | Shut (NLD) | Dirty Sally (CAN) | Crumbs (CAN) | Taxidermy Tim (CAN)

The Universe and You | Directed by Brendan Mitchell - USA | A professor with a cable access show in the 1980s answers viewer calls about the supernatural and unexplained in our universe.

The Universe and You | Directed by Brendan Mitchell - USA | A professor with a cable access show in the 1980s answers viewer calls about the supernatural and unexplained in our universe.

Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath | Directed by Dylan Arnow - USA | After discovering their lodge totaled by a neighboring camp, two counselors are stalked and prayed upon by the local legend Terrance Fisher in his slapstick parody.

Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath | Directed by Dylan Arnow - USA | After discovering their lodge totaled by a neighboring camp, two counselors are stalked and prayed upon by the local legend Terrance Fisher in his slapstick parody.

Moment | Directed by Geoffrey Uloth - CAN | A homeless girl faces her worst nightmare when she is brutally attacked by three masked men on Halloween night... until time stops... and she meets two mysterious strangers who can't save her, but might

Moment | Directed by Geoffrey Uloth - CAN | A homeless girl faces her worst nightmare when she is brutally attacked by three masked men on Halloween night... until time stops... and she meets two mysterious strangers who can't save her, but might help her save herself.

Lethalogica | Directed by Tony Reames - USA | Relationships can be killer, but the best advice for a successful one, is patience and a short memory.

Lethalogica | Directed by Tony Reames - USA | Relationships can be killer, but the best advice for a successful one, is patience and a short memory.

Shut | Directed by Niels Bourgonje - NLD | When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state badly deteriorated or is something more sinister going on?

Shut | Directed by Niels Bourgonje - NLD | When Jonas visits his father after a long time, he's shocked to find him in a confused state. Has his father's mental state badly deteriorated or is something more sinister going on?

Dirty Sally | Directed by Jack Cox - CAN | Peter summons the death spirit, Dirty Sally, from beyond his bathroom mirror, and falls in love. They share an intimate, heartbreaking, and bloody life together.

Dirty Sally | Directed by Jack Cox - CAN | Peter summons the death spirit, Dirty Sally, from beyond his bathroom mirror, and falls in love. They share an intimate, heartbreaking, and bloody life together.

Crumbs | Directed by Jessey & Cody Nelson - CAN | After his mother remarries an abusive man, a young boy summons an imaginary clown who helps him deal with the traumas of his young life.

Crumbs | Directed by Jessey & Cody Nelson - CAN | After his mother remarries an abusive man, a young boy summons an imaginary clown who helps him deal with the traumas of his young life.

Taxidermy Tim | Directed by Lisa Drupsteen - CAN | Joan, a 30-something woman, is desperate to end her hunt for the perfect man. Things take a turn when she and her roommate find her latest gentleman caller in her closet. Has she cracked the code

Taxidermy Tim | Directed by Lisa Drupsteen - CAN | Joan, a 30-something woman, is desperate to end her hunt for the perfect man. Things take a turn when she and her roommate find her latest gentleman caller in her closet. Has she cracked the code to finding love? Or just cracked under pressure?

October 25

Follow her - 9:30 PM

CAN/USA - 1 hr 34 min

Directed by Sylvia Caminer
Starring Dani Barker & Luke Cook

FOLLOW HER is a psycho-sexual thriller. Jess Peters, a struggling actress and live streamer, has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions she encounters via online job listings, and using the kinks of others to fuel her streaming success. For her next episode, she’s been hired to write the ending of a screenplay in a remote cabin. Once there, the alluring self-proclaimed screenwriter hands her a script in which the two of them are the main characters. This client isn’t what he seems, and even though the money is great… the real payment here could cost her life.

October 26

Shorts Program III

Wall #4 (NLD) | Miltown (USA) | Devoured (CAN) | Boat Man. (UK) | The Well (UK) | Tranvia (SPA) | Damned Supper (CAN) | Dead End (RUS) | Nun with a Chainsaw (UK) | The Last Christmas (CAN)

Wall #4 | Directed by Lucas Camps - NLD | When a cinema audience starts mocking the film they're watching, the events in the theater take an unexpected turn.

Wall #4 | Directed by Lucas Camps - NLD | When a cinema audience starts mocking the film they're watching, the events in the theater take an unexpected turn.

MILTOWN | Directed by Connor Martin & Chris Beyrooty - USA | When an ancient shapeshifter infiltrates an imaginative young man's family ranch, he must take it upon himself to discover who can be trusted and who is turning them against each other.

MILTOWN | Directed by Connor Martin & Chris Beyrooty - USA | When an ancient shapeshifter infiltrates an imaginative young man's family ranch, he must take it upon himself to discover who can be trusted and who is turning them against each other.

Devoured | Directed by Thomas Chretien - CAN | A man struggles to escape the monster in his bed.

Devoured | Directed by Thomas Chretien - CAN | A man struggles to escape the monster in his bed.

Boat Man. | Directed by Joe Tremain - UK | He goes to work, pays his taxes and looks after his neighbours. But just what exactly is his job?

Boat Man. | Directed by Joe Tremain - UK | He goes to work, pays his taxes and looks after his neighbours. But just what exactly is his job?

The Well | Directed by Peter Stanley-Ward - UK | Known as the outsider, Trish leads three 'friends' to a secret well in the hope to build friendships. When they realise the potential of the well, they get a terrifying reminder to always be carefu

The Well | Directed by Peter Stanley-Ward - UK | Known as the outsider, Trish leads three 'friends' to a secret well in the hope to build friendships. When they realise the potential of the well, they get a terrifying reminder to always be careful what you wish for…

Tranvia | Directed by Carlos Baena - SPA | A seemingly ordinary commute becomes a woman's rapid descent into terror aboard a mysterious streetcar.

Tranvia | Directed by Carlos Baena - SPA | A seemingly ordinary commute becomes a woman's rapid descent into terror aboard a mysterious streetcar.

Damned Supper | Directed by Ariel Hansen - CAN | On Halloween a group of wannabe witches conjure up more than they bargained for during their dumb supper.

Damned Supper | Directed by Ariel Hansen - CAN | On Halloween a group of wannabe witches conjure up more than they bargained for during their dumb supper.

Dead End | Directed by Dima Barch - RUS | Even after death, Nick’s abusive boyfriend Godfrey goes on pursuing him. But is it a reality or a terrible nightmare awaken by murder?

Dead End | Directed by Dima Barch - RUS | Even after death, Nick’s abusive boyfriend Godfrey goes on pursuing him. But is it a reality or a terrible nightmare awaken by murder?

Nun with a Chainsaw | Directed by Robert Getty - UK | Sister grey travels the world with her trusty chainsaw fighting demons from hell.

Nun with a Chainsaw | Directed by Robert Getty - UK | Sister grey travels the world with her trusty chainsaw fighting demons from hell.

The Last Christmas | Directed by Ryan Port - CAN | A mischievous 8-year-old girl unleashes a twisted Christmas nightmare, when her plans to capture Santa Claus go horribly wrong.

The Last Christmas | Directed by Ryan Port - CAN | A mischievous 8-year-old girl unleashes a twisted Christmas nightmare, when her plans to capture Santa Claus go horribly wrong.

October 26

The Breach - 9:30 PM

CAN - 1 hr 35 min

Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño
Starring Allan Hawco & Emily Alatalo

Counting down his last days as Chief of Police in the tiny town of Lone Crow, John Hawkins must investigate one last case when a mangled body with uncanny wounds washes up on the shores of the Porcupine River.

October 27

Shorts Program IV

House After (CAN) | Ride or Die (USA) | The Mages of Rage and The Desecration of The House of Mimicry (USA) | Love You, Mama (CAN) | The Trunk (CAN) | On the Inside (FIN) | How to Disappear (UK)

House After | Directed by Dustin McGladrey - CAN | House After is an Indigenous story that takes place in the 1940s. We follow a grieving widow and her child as they experience the duality of living an Indigenous life and the pressures of conform

House After | Directed by Dustin McGladrey - CAN | House After is an Indigenous story that takes place in the 1940s. We follow a grieving widow and her child as they experience the duality of living an Indigenous life and the pressures of conformity from the church.

Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry | Directed by Jason Sheedy - USA | A loud ass punk band faces off with a demonic mime intent on stopping them from finishing their music video.

Mages of Rage and the Desecration of the House of Mimicry | Directed by Jason Sheedy - USA | A loud ass punk band faces off with a demonic mime intent on stopping them from finishing their music video.

Love You, Mama | Directed by Alexandra Magistro - CAN | After the sudden death of her father, a young woman becomes haunted by the uncertainty of the world around her.

Love You, Mama | Directed by Alexandra Magistro - CAN | After the sudden death of her father, a young woman becomes haunted by the uncertainty of the world around her.

The Trunk | Directed by Travis Laidlaw - CAN | A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what's inside was locked up for a reason.

The Trunk | Directed by Travis Laidlaw - CAN | A father and daughter find a chained up old chest hidden in the woods. They bring it home with plans to sell its contents, but quickly discover that what's inside was locked up for a reason.

On the Inside | Directed by Pål Gustavsen - NOR | A young man leaves his house to go for a walk in the quiet and sunny neighborhoood. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, people start running after him, with fierce determination.

On the Inside | Directed by Pål Gustavsen - NOR | A young man leaves his house to go for a walk in the quiet and sunny neighborhoood. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, people start running after him, with fierce determination.

How to Disappear | Directed by Jack Carrivick - UK | Social hermit Nina Moyse decides to take things one step further, removing herself from society completely by trying to totally disappear. However her goals change after she discovers she still

How to Disappear | Directed by Jack Carrivick - UK | Social hermit Nina Moyse decides to take things one step further, removing herself from society completely by trying to totally disappear. However her goals change after she discovers she still desires a form of human interaction.

October 27

Everyone will burn - 9:30 PM

SPAIN - 2 hr 5 min

Directed by David Hebreros
Starring Macarena Gómez & Rodolfo Sancho

A strange girl may be linked to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse.

October 28

IT LIVES INSIDE - 7:00 PM

USA - 1 hr 39 min

Directed by Bishal Dutta
Starring Megan Suri and Neeru Bajwa

An Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.